Benjamin, Park.

The Intellectual Rise in Electricity; A History

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 611pp [4] ads. This copy is signed "With the compliments of the author". Bound in brown cloth, gilt spione lettering. Frontispiece portrait. Front and rear gutter are cracked. Good. Item #72609

Park Benjamin wrote 3 books on the history of electricity. He was a patent lawyer, associate editor of Scientific American from 1872-76, and edited Appletons' Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics.

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